Fort Worth firefighters had to rescue a man after he became stuck on the side of a building washing window.
Hanging from outside the fourth floor of a Fort Worth building, one window washer was left wondering if he would make it down safely.
“The young man was hanging about 40 minutes before somebody noticed and a phone call was made,” said Battalion Chief Roger Woodard with the Fort Worth Fire Department.
The washer was cleaning outside the American Airlines Credit Union when his equipment became stuck. The man left dangling about 50 feet in the air. His harness being the only line of defense from him plunging to the ground.
“It kept him from falling,” said Woodard. “But he was not able to climb up or lower himself.”
A harness was lowered to the stranded window washer. Then three fire fighters pulled him 10 feet up to the roof.
“It's a lot of weight to pull in that angle, especially when you don't have a lift system,” said Woodard.
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The man finally was brought to solid ground, but exhausted after an unusual workday.
“If you were hanging there by a harness for 30-40 minutes, you might be a little exhausted too,” said Woodard.
MedStar checked out the window washer on the scene and he is said to be doing OK.
But it's still not clear why his equipment became stuck.
